Marilyn Gugliucci gives keynote address and participates in panel presentation at Conference on Strength-Based Interprofessional Practice

Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., director of geriatric education and research, was the invited keynote speaker for the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, College of Health and Human Services Conference on Strength-Based Interprofessional Practice, "Focusing on the Person Beyond the Paperwork," on May 5, 2012.

She was also one of 4 panel presenters, along with Dennis Seleeby, DSW, professor emeritus of Social School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas; Lynn Anderson, Ph.D., CTRS, professor and chair, Department of Recreation, Parks, & Leisure Studies, SUNY Cortland; and Nasrin Falsafi, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, AHN-C from UNC-W Nursing Department.

Gugliucci's address was titled “Geriatrics is a Team Sport: The Role of Reflective Practitioners,” and her panel presentation focused on strength-based practice in the field of aging. This was UNC-W's first interprofessional conference, and it attracted 150 attendees from the community, faculty and student body.